[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4002 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4002

 To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide equitable 
 treatment for barley producers so that 1996 contract payments to the 
    producers are not reduced to a greater extent than the average 
percentage reduction in contract payments for other commodities, while 
 maintaining the level of contract payments for other commodities, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 1996

 Mr. Pomeroy (for himself, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Williams, 
and Mr. Peterson of Minnesota) introduced the following bill; which was 
                referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide equitable 
 treatment for barley producers so that 1996 contract payments to the 
    producers are not reduced to a greater extent than the average 
percentage reduction in contract payments for other commodities, while 
 maintaining the level of contract payments for other commodities, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CORRECTION OF BARLEY PAYMENT INEQUITY.

    Section 113 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (title I of 
Public Law 104-127; 7 U.S.C. 7213) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
        (f) and (g), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e) Additional Barley Allocation.--In addition to the adjustments 
required under subsection (c), the amount allocated under subsection 
(b)(4) for barley contract payments shall be increased by $35,000,000 
for fiscal year 1996.''.
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